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    DFID 'How To' notes on violence against women and girls

    Department for International Development, UK, 2012
    Violence against women and girls is the most widespread form of abuse worldwide, and will affect one third of all women during their lifetime. This series of guidance notes were produced by the Gender and Development Network for DFID's internal use, but will be useful for others working to tackle violence against women and girls. The guidance notes comprise:
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    Centre for Rights Education and Awareness (CREAW)

    Since Sexual and Gender-based Violence (SGBV) is culturally accepted in Kenya, CREAW is committed to transforming society and achieving for women, a just and dignified environment, in which their rela
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    A guide to using the Protocol on the Rights of Women in Africa for legal action

    Equality Now, 2011
    Equality Now, on behalf of Solidarity for African Women’s Rights (SOAWR), has published this guide to using the Protocol on the Rights of Women in Africa for legal action. The protocol is a supplementary protocol to the African Charter on Human and Peoples’ Rights and it came into force in 2005.
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    A Systematic Review of African Studies on Intimate Partner Violence against Pregnant Women: Prevalence and Risk Factors

    PLoS ONE, 2012
    Although Intimate Partner Violence (IPV) is very high in Africa, information obtained from the increasing number of African studies on IPV among pregnant women has not been scientifically analysed. This paper presents a systematic review summing up the evidence from African studies on IPV prevalence and risk factors among pregnant women.
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    A View Over Discrimination And Harassment Situation of Daily Unskilled Female Workers in Work Place in Bangladesh

    2003
    From the study it was found that most of the female unskilled laborers moved from village to town and had come from distressed family often discriminated /harassed by their employers and co-workers.
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    Destined to fail? How violence against women is undoing development

    ActionAid International, 2011
    This report demonstrates how violence against women and girls blocks progress across the major development agendas - education, maternal and child health, HIV and AIDS, conflict, and governance.
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    Factors associated with Female Genital Mutilation in Burkina Faso and its policy implications

    International Journal for Equity in Health, 2011
    Female genital mutilation (FGM) usually undertaken between the ages of 1-9 years and is widely practised in some parts of Africa despite it being illegal in almost every country. Several factors have been associated with an increased likelihood of FGM and In Burkina Faso, the prevalence of FGM appears to have increased in recent years.
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    Breaking Vows: Early and Forced Marriage and Girls' Education

    Plan, 2011
    One in every three girls in the developing world is married by the age of 18. One in seven marries before they reach the age of 15. Early and forced marriage is most prevalent where poverty, birth and death rates are high, there is greater incidence of conflict and civil strife and lower levels of overall development, including schooling, employment and healthcare.
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    Gender based violence primer

    Gender Action, 2011
    Gender Action, International Financial Institutions (IFIs) and Gender Based Violence (GBV) Gender Action is the only civil society organization dedicated to promoting women's rights and gender justice in IFI investments in developing countries.
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    Politically Motivated Violence against Women in Zimbabwe 2000-2010. A review of the public domain literature

    Research and Advocacy Unit [RAU], 2012
    Politically motivated violence (PMV) is defined as the unlawful use of force or violence against persons or property in order to coerce or intimidate a government or the civilian population in furtherance of political or social objectives. In Zimbabwe politically motivated violence dates as far back as the pre-colonial era.

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